Can-opener.



R. JACOBUCCI.

CAN OPENER.

APPLICATION FILED .IAN.25. 191s.

Patented Feb. 6, 1917.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented'Feb. e, 1917.

Application filed January 25, 1916. Serial No. 74,116.

To all whom it may conccwz Be it known that I, RAPHAEL JAcoBUcoI, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fall River, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Can Openers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to can openers and has for its object to provide a can opener having means for catching filings or cuttings from the can being cut.

Another object of the invention is to provide a can opener having a cup formed under its cutting blade whereby particles of metal dropping from the cut edges of the can will be caught and thus prevented from dropping into the canned goods.

WVith the above and other objects in view which will hereinafter more fully appear, I have invented the can opener illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is an elcvational view of my invention, Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the device shown in operation, Fig. 8 is a sectional view taken on line AA, Fig. 1, and Fig. at is a sectional view taken on line BB, Fig. 1.

Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the specification and in the several views in the drawings, in which 1 is a can opener having a handle 2, a blade 3, having a point i to puncture a can top 5. A lug 6, depending from shank 7, of the handle 2, has integrally connected therewith and the forward end 8 of the blade 3, a member 9 carrying a cup 10 extending entirely under the cutting portion of said blade 3. Projecting from the shank 7 and over and parallel with the blade 8, is a rider 11, which operates upon the can top 5, the edges 12 and 13 of which come comparatively close to the edge 14 of said blade 3, the body portion of said rider being hollowed out, however, in order to provide room for an instrument for sharpening the blade 3. Said edges 12 and 13 form the fulcrum against which the lever handle pulls in operating the blade 3. The side 15 of the rider is narrower than the side 16 so that it will ride "upon the can top when cuttin close to the edge 17 of the can, as ino b l 0 n 0 cheated 1n Fig. 2, said edges being formed arcuate toward their forward ends to facilitate the operation of the blade 8.

The blade of any can opener in operation usually cuts fine particles of the metal loose and ordinarily these particles of metal fall into the can and remain in the contents thereof and necessarily are eaten with said zontents, often causing distressing and dangerous results. Often the canned goods are not all eaten at one time and are put away for future consumption and in cases of this kind, the particles of metal dropped thereinto when opening the can cause fermentation taereof, destroying the food. I have overcome this difficulty by providing my can opener with the cup 10, which will catch all particles of metal that are severed during the process of cutting the can open and after the can has been opened, the opener is withdrawn and the contents of the cup 10 thrown away. The blade point 4 and the side walls of the cup 10 converge to form a wedge shape whereby the cup wedges its way into the can. 4

Having now described my invention, that which I claim to be new and desire to procure by Letters Patent is thereunder, said blade having a point, thewalls of said cup converging into said point, whereby a Wedge is formed for permitting the cup to be forced into a can.

4.. A can opener having a blade and a cup thereunder, said blade having a point, the walls of said cup converging into said point and a rider overhanging said blade.

5. A can opener having a blade and a cup thereunder, said blade having a point, the walls of said cup converging into said point, a rider overhanging said blade, said rider projecting farther on one side than on the other.

6. A can opener having a blade and a cup thereunder, said blade having a point, the walls of said cup converging into said point,

'a rider overhanging said blade, said rider projecting farther on one side than on the other and being hollow.

'7. A can opener havlng a blade and a cup thereunder, said cup being formed integral with said can opener.

8. A can opener having a blade and a cup thereunder, said cup being formed integral 5 With said can opener, said cup extending the length of the cutting portion of said blade. 9. A can opener having a blade and a cup thereunder, said cup being formed integral With said can opener said cup extending the length of the cutting portion of said 10 blade, said blade being located above the longitudinal center of said cup.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

RAPHAEL JACOBUCCI.

lVitnesses S. M. LAMARRE,

WILLIAM M. CONROY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

